The Oyakhire Lab is dedicated to developing new materials within energy systems to tackle challenges related to climate and food security. Our endeavors are specifically geared towards cultivating fundamental insights and creating high-performing systems in the domains outlined below:

1. High energy density batteries.
2. Metal-mediated ammonia synthesis.
3. Electrically driven resource recovery.

Our experimental endeavors, rooted in the principles of surface science, electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and microscopy, are enriched by the integration of machine learning algorithms. Notably, these algorithms are tailored to accommodate small data sets, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our research approach.

Solomon Oyakhire is an incoming Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech. He earned his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, graduating with the highest honors and recognized as the department's best graduating student. Subsequently, he completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University.

As a PhD student under the guidance of Stacey Bent and Yi Cui, he used surface and data science techniques to unravel electrodeposition mechanisms, identify interfacial degradation pathways, and establish electrolyte engineering principles in lithium metal batteries. His graduate work was supported by the Knight-Hennessy scholarship and the TomKat Center fellowship for translational research. He is currently a Schmidt Science postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley where he is working on developing machine learning algorithms for small datasets under the guidance of Kristin Persson and Gerbrand Ceder.